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From drones to AKs, high technology to low politics, exploring how and why we fight above, on and below an angry world
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War Is Boring
Mar 28, 2017
Some Pretty Weird Prototypes Preceded the P90 Submachine Gun
The Belgians threw away the rule book
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Mar 27, 2017
France’s Fall Didn’t Make Any Difference to Gun-Maker MAB
It kept right on making pistols for the…
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Mar 22, 2017
The AR-15 Pistol Seemed Like a Bad Joke at First
The ugly little gun has its charms
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Mar 20, 2017
How to Make the M1 Garand Even Better — Shorten It, Make It Lighter
The carbine version of the iconic…
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Mar 15, 2017
The Belgians Came Close to Producing a Gigantic Heavy Machine Gun
The BRG-15 would have been more…
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Mar 15, 2017
Winchester’s Tank-Killing Rifle Barely Missed World War I
This gun was a monster
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Mar 14, 2017
After World War II, France Had Too Many Different Pistols
The Modèle 1950 solved that problem
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Mar 12, 2017
The SKS Is the Cockroach of Weapons
You just can’t kill Sergei Simonov’s old, reliable, semi-automatic…
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Mar 8, 2017
If You’re Going to Use the PSM Pistol, You’d Better Get Close
The Pistolet Samozaryadny Malogabaritny…
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Mar 7, 2017
The T12 Light Machine Gun Faded From History
Scant evidence remains of an innovative weapon
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